https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2017.2.166

Total phallic reconstruction after penile amputation for donkey bite: Case report and review of the literature

Vol. 89 No. 2 (2017)
Submitted: March 6, 2017
Accepted: March 27, 2017
Published: June 30, 2017
Penis, Animal bite, Phalloplasty, Male genital trauma
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Francesco De Luca
francescodeluca10@gmail.com
Department of Gynaecological and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Department of Urology Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy.
Giulio Garaffa
St. Peter's Andrology and the Institute of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom.
Angela Maurizi
Department of Gynaecological and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Emy Manzi
Department of Surgery P. Stefanini, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Carlo De Dominicis
Department of Gynaecological and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
David Ralph
St. Peter's Andrology and the Institute of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom.
There are very few reported cases of traumatic amputation of the male genitalia due to animal bite. The management involves thorough washout of the wounds, debridement, antibiotic prophylaxis, tetanus and rabies immunization followed by immediate reconstruction or primary wound closure with delayed reconstruction, when immediate reconstruction is not feasible. When immediate reconstruction is not feasible, long-term good functional and cosmetic results are still possible in the majority of cases by performing total phallic reconstruction. In particular, it is now possible to fashion a cosmetically acceptable sensate phallus with incorporated neourethra, to allow the patient to void while standing and to ejaculate, and with enough bulk to allow the insertion of a penile prosthesis to guarantee the rigidity necessary to engage in penetrative sexual intercourse.

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De Luca, F., Garaffa, G., Maurizi, A., Manzi, E., De Dominicis, C., & Ralph, D. (2017). Total phallic reconstruction after penile amputation for donkey bite: Case report and review of the literature. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 89(2), 166–168. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2017.2.166

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